Não sei se o termo é comumente usado, mas passa a idéia. "Apagamento" soa-me esquisito, ainda que correto. "Exclusão temporária" remete a outras matérias.

While the 2 answers given above may, even, be correct, they seem to me to be a source of potential misunderstanding since "Temporária" in Portuguese, while it may possibly mean "Temporal" (about time) in a secondary sense, actually means "Temporary" (not permanent) in its main acceptance.

We are not talking about Temporary, here, but about time, itself, and what occurs in it.

Also, "exlusão" and "eliminação" don't do it for me for "erase", which is actually "apagar".

So I am offering this version which, while not particularly elegant, at least tells it like it is.

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Note added at 2002-02-20 17:11:06 (GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Ivone:
It\'s me again...

If you see the phrase \"Exclusão temporária\" don\'t you think of something that is TEMPORARILY EXCLUDED but that may be included later?

This is absolutely NOT what this means.

The adjective is temporal [re time] not temporary [impermanent].

Erasure, too, is when, for example, you take something off a blackboard. IT\'S GONE! If you want to get it back, you have to write it again. While, in computing, it is sometimes possible to \"unerase\" sections that have not been corrupted since erasure, this is beside the point. We are talking about \"apagar\" not \"excluir\" unless you explain your phrase better in your translation using more words.